S: Hints of wheat tang and caramel malt makes for a bit too much sweetness. Herbal hops are present but too light.

T: The flavor is a carbon-copy of the aroma which is to say too harshly sweet. Caramel and light wheat flavors coupled with surprising graininess give this the flavor of drinking watered-down honey. A faint herbal hops twist is present in the finish.

M: Light-bodied with a bit too much carbonation and the same sickly sweet aftertaste.

This one was brought over a couple weeks ago by dkachur... thanks, Dan!

A: Nice here... not as "pale" as I might have expected. More of a crisp golden yellow, with a nice and tight creamy looking white head. Retention is pretty decent, and it leaves a good sheet of lacing behind.

S + T: Soft, malty aroma... I don't pick up the wheat grains very much here, at least not right away. The flavours come through a little more, with a candy-like caramel flavour. Candied corn? It's a pleasant flavour, either way. I don't mind it at all.

M + D: Carbonation seems a little much. Sharp and somewhat conflicting the more mellow flavour. Were it to have a little more creamy smooth feel, it could do quite nicely. Not too bad, but it seemed to be a little 'all over the place' It comes across as being something with a great potential to be something more, but misses the mark.

Saw this beer sitting all by its lonesome in a beer cooler at my local watering hole...thought I would give it a try.

Appearance: Nice golden color, slight head, moderate lacing.

Smell: Nothing really stood out. Had some malty sweetness to it.

Taste: Again, nothing really stood out. Very average, not offensive at all. Did have a slight sweetness to it from the malt, good clean finish.

Mouthfeel: Smooth, mild carbonation. Par for an ale I suppose.

Drinkability: Not a bad brew. Average seems to be the best way to describe it. I had been drinking a nice porter for most of the night, so this ale was a good change of pace. That being said, I probably won't be going out to buy a case any time soon.

Appearance: only a thin surface foam for a head. Pale yellow in color with a load of fast rising carbonation bubbles. No lacing developed during the session.

Smell: little to no aroma, as only some very faint grain tones were detectable as your nose hits the surface of the beer.

Taste: mild graininess here with some very soft hop bitterness. Some pear and golden apple sweetenss lingers softly in the background. Very mild flavor profile.

Mouthfeel: lightly crisp at the start and a bit smoother towards the finish. Light in body. Clean aftertaste.

Drinkability: figured I give this a try since the restaurant had it and I wanted something mild with my appetizer. The beer was so-so at best as I didn't finish my pint. Not worth a try unless there are only macros on tap.

Very light yellow om the eyes, with just a wisp of head and plenty of bubbles.
Faint aroma of wheat mixed with flour slightly malty with no hops detected.
Taste is thin on the mouth. Very slight malt noted, maybe picking out some caramel and graininess.
Not real bad, but not real good either.

I had this at a "tasting" at the faculty club I am a steward at.
Appearance: A pale gold colored body with a frothy white head having decent retention and leaving a fair bit of lace.
Smell: It certainly smells like a Wheat Ale, but I'm not 100% sure that's what is should be classified as. Obviously the wheat is what stands out, but there is a bit of spiciness (not much) that probably comes from the wheat.
Taste: Kind of watered down, but there is more of a hop spice present with a very week backing of wheat.
Mouthfeel: Way to smooth, I was looking for more of a crisp mouthfeel.
Drinkability: Ok, but certainly not "case worthy."
Don't drink and review.

The fourth of four in my sampler pack. Poured from bottle to pint it had a clear golden color with a half inch of white fluffy head. Minimal sweet corn in the smell. Tastes ok. Nothing spectacular, has sweet flavor with some mild hops. Medium body with crisp, dry finish. Better by itself than blended as in the Ember Amber.

A: Poured a clear pumpkin orange with a 1 finger frothy egg shell white head that settled to a thin, whispy covering after the first 2 minutes. No visible lacing was observed while the visible carbontion was moderatly strong and fairly rapid.

S: fresh oranges with perhaps some dried pears. Honestly there really wasn't a lot of complexity or scent to this and came off rather mundane, light in strength and rather boring. Yawn.

T: The flavor was fresh sweet oranges, dried pears with a decent spicy hopping. Some lemon and orange citrus with some sweet ripe fruit skins were detected. The oranges tasted more artificial like those sugar coated orange candies you buy at the store which only cheapened the flavor for me a bit. Some fruitiness of honey dews with a touch of muskiness and a honey suckle flowery hopping. Overall was light , sweety and fruity.

M: a light viscosity with a slick buttery texture and a good deal of tingly carbonation. Leaves a sweet orange honey malting behind on the swallow. Ok but doesn't get any better the longer you hold it so there really is no incentive here to savor. Average at best.

D: While the flavor was average it certainly doesn't warrant a repeat and falls short per style when compared to other staples of this style. shoulder shrug here.

Pours a nice golden yellow color with a medium sized white head that laces pretty well. The aroma is more malty than hoppy and the taste is the same as well. It is a very malty taste. A bit rough on the mouthfeel as it could be smoother which would make it more drinkable as well.

I bought this soley for the charity factor. I had low expectations going into this one...So we have a golden ale brewed by a bunch of firemen. Maybe they should have made a smoke beer! Poured a bright, lucid gold color with a few bubbles dancing within, very Bud-like. Smell was faint of cereal grain and soap suds. Taste was muted hops and a corny aftertase that stung the tongue. I like the charity aspect but I will take a lot of choking down this beer to make it worth while.

pours out a slightly hazed golden colour with a minimal mead and subsequent minimal lace. sweet toffeeish aroma...a bit buttery showing off some grainy and sugary notes. upon tasting...more characteristics of the golden ale style present themselves...sweet maltiness, cloying at times; a strange spicy boozy note i wasn't expecting...and more buttery diacetyl that really isn't all that welcome. minimal hopping...just enough to notice...and no real bitterness. bigger body than most other golden ales with a slick and sugary mouthfeel. drinkability is ok...i'm drinking on a very warm day in spring after work and it's having a hard time hitting the spot.

overall i would say that since this is a delicate style, with subtle nuances being most important...this is a heavy handed stab at the style and misses the point. oh well...i didn't have to pay for this.

I found this single 12oz brown bottle at the Binny's in Glen Ellyn, IL for $1.39. There was no freshness date.

The beer poured a hazy straw yellow color and made a 2 finger white head that lasted several minutes. It left lots of spotty lacing on the glass.

Not much to the smell - faint citrus is all I get.

"Lite" is the key word to describe this beer. It's lite on malty sweetness, lite on hop bitterness, and lite on lemony citrus. It has some flavor, just not enough of it.

This is a weak and watery beer. The carbonation level is decent but the drinkability is only so-so. There's just not enough flavor. I did discover that this will taste better as it warms up a bit, so don't drink it ice cold right out of the fridge.

Eye: Golden coin in color and the beer is nice and clear. Head formation and retention are super poor. It looks worse than algae growning over a pool of shit water. After pouring the Lighter from Hook and Ladder I'd expect a much better eye appeal from a beer that has less adjunct and more flavor.

Nose: Huge buttery notes, over the top in my opinion. In addition to that there are fruity esters floating round in there. Coupled with a caramel malt sweetness the previous two aromas combine to create a cloyingly sweet aroma. Not quite what I'm looking for in any beer. The aroma is potent, however, its just too much.

Tongue: Big caramel notes, fruity esters, and buttery. If it weren't for the hops here to give some balance it'd be pretty much undrinkable. Hop flavor is just about non-existent. Pretty uncomplicated in flavor, and really nothing outstanding about it. Nothing that really makes me want to drink another one. Nothing that damns it and nothing that makes me want to celebrate it.

Mouthfeel and Drinkability: Medium-light body and fizzy. Finish is pretty dry. Average nothing more. Easy enough to drink, though I don't think that I'd want to drink more of it. Just nothing worth coming back to.